Glenn Hoddle has been left "absolutely devastated" by his sacking as Tottenham manager, according to his assistant John Gorman.

Gorman has also left the club after Hoddle - who served Spurs with distinction as a player in the 1980s - was dismissed for a run of results deemed "unacceptable" by chairman Daniel Levy.

"Obviously Glenn is absolutely devastated. He is Tottenham through and through and we have both worked extremely hard and you just want to be successful," Gorman said.

"Glenn played so many years there and had got so much pride in his work. We wanted to give the Spurs fans success and joy and we never really achieved that. We would have loved to have given them success but it hasn't happened."

Hoddle took over at White Hart Lane in March 2001 but has failed to win any silverware in his time at the club or steer them into Europe, losing in the final of the Worthington Cup in 2002 to Blackburn.

The club spent almost £12m on new players in the summer without any immediate signs of improvement, but Gorman believes he and Hoddle should have been given more time.

"Sir Alex Ferguson is now rightly acclaimed very highly at Manchester United but he had a hard time for a long while but he managed to stay in the job and look how successful he's been," he said.

A whole host of names are being linked with the Spurs vacancy including Graeme Souness, Martin O'Neill, Raddy Antic, Harry Redknapp, Alan Curbishley and Micky Adams.